Legal Opinion

Butterfield v. Woodman

Court of Appeals for the First Circuit

Decided May 25, 1915No. Nos. 1103, 1104PublishedCited by 7 opinions

Appeal from, and Petition to Revise Action of, the District Court of the United States for the District of Maine; Clarence Hale, J udge. In the matter of the National Boat & Engine Company, bankrupt; Walter I. Woodman, trustee. From orders disallowing claims of William _W. Butterfield and others (216 Fed. 208), claimants appeal, and petition to revise.

1Opinion of the Court

BINGHAM, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal from a decree of the District Court.for the District of Maine, in a bankruptcy proceeding, disallowing a proof of claim for $88,000 of bonds, and from a refusal to allow claims on $32,000 of bonds, and on $36,456.40 of notes, found to be valid obligations of the bankrupt, until certain alleged preferences are restored to the bankrupt estate.

[ 1 ] The circumstances with regard to the $88,000 of bonds are substantially as follows: In January, 1909, the Racine Boat Manufacturing Company, a Michigan corporation, doing business in that state, had notes…

2Cases cited10 opinions

  1. Richardson's v. GreenSupreme Court of the United States · 1890
  2. Continental & Commercial Trust & Savings Bank v. Chicago Title & Trust Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1913
  3. Yeatman v. Savings InstitutionSupreme Court of the United States · 1878
  4. Ward v. First Nat. Bank of IrontonCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1913
  5. Courtney v. Fidelity Trust Co.Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1914

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3Cited by7 opinions

  1. Cohen v. GoldmanCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1918
  2. Woodman v. ButterfieldSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1917
  3. In Re Chicago & N. W. Ry. Co.District Court, N.D. Illinois · 1940
  4. Butterfield v. ReynoldsMichigan Supreme Court · 1917
  5. In re Winner-Franck Baking Co.District Court, M.D. Pennsylvania · 1932

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